Interleague re draw :: Region 7 Pool Association

For your information, whilst planning the principles upon which the interleague would operate we could not come up with an equitable solution to all the sub issues that came up since we agreed the format.

As TD of the event I have not been comfortable with the way it seemed to be moving away from what the interleague is currently and more towards a 9 person Intercounty team.

The net result of this is that we will now not be using the Intercounty model to run the interleague and will return to being three team groups. As a result of this all rules that are currently employed to administer the event remain unaltered and will continue to operate.

I also have to inform you that I am the main stumbling block in this and it’s my reluctance to make the wholesale changes the event needed to run the event to the Intercounty model that have brought us to this situation.

I will take full responsibility for both defending what we know as the interleague and the event reverting back (as closely as we can) to what the interleague has been for years. I am not adverse to change but I do believe in defending the traditional core values and history of the interleague.

In order to run the interleague as closely as possible to the traditional event we have all grown up with will require a re-draw with teams going in to groups of three (and two groups of 2).

What follows is a brief outline of how it will work.

We have 118 teams, which will mean 38 groups of 3 and 2 groups of 2.

The 40 group winners will go through to the last 64.

Then 8 matches (all on two tables) to take us to the last 32.

The main points are:

1 1 winner from each group goes through as per existing rules

2 we Still have 3 frame playoff to decide group

3 Draw at Lunch time on Sat for knockout stage (first 14 out will play prelim/last 64)

4 Hopefully, most of the 7 last 64 matches (ie 14 teams) can go on by 5pm on 2 tables

5 The last 32 can go on from 5 to 7, the last one finishing about 9.

Remider : This means that all the rules currently employed by the interleague do not need to be adapted/changed/altered/reinterpreted. Whilst accepting that a re-draw and a deviation from a published format is a major step for the event to take. We as a team honestly feel the benefits offered by reverting back to the traditional methods used to run the national interleague finals justify the possible disruption. Below is the re-draw

	Captain	county	team	reg
Group 1	Adam Asher	Nottinghamshire	N.P.P.L.	8
	Tony Latham	Staffordshire	TT Players	3
	Scott Crawley	Cheshire	C.L.H.P.L. A	2
Group 2	Mark Taylor	Leicestershire	Leicester Elite	8
	Jamie Symons	Staffordshire	Afford B	3
	Ian Corless	Lancashire	Lancaster	2
Group 3	Bj O'Neill	Derbyshire	Chesterfield Charity	8
	Mark Koldbeck Christensen	London	Waterloo 2	7
	Daniel Evans	Warwickshire	Nuneaton Oak B	5
Group 4	Steve Finnegan	Nottinghamshire	Chesterfield	8
	Nathan Venner	Kent	Whitecliffs Dover A	7
	Jon Sykes	Shropshire	Shrewsbury Pl	3
Group 5	Mike King	Devon	Exeter Rileys A	6
	Alex Williams	G.M.C.	Eccles A	2
	Ashley Holmes	Sussex	Worthing La	7
Group 6	Jp Rabaste	London	Battersea B	7
	Jordan Lemmon	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge S.C.	4
	Steve O'Connor	Leicestershire	City Of Leicester	8
Group 7	Marcus Harrison	Derbyshire	Stapleford Cue Club	8
	Andrew Norris	Surrey	A.D.S.P.L.	7
	Nathan Dodds	Suffolk	Ipswich C	4
Group 8	Gary Wilkins	Warwickshire	Rugby Rileys Z	5
	Stephen Wallace	Hertfordshire	New Barnet A	4
	Lee Grout	Staffordshire	Cannock Chase	3
Group 9	Paul Waterfield	West Midlands	Walsall Pool Federation	3
	Mark Jason Proto	Sussex	C.O.B.H.P.L. A	7
	Anthony Tedds	Warwickshire	Nuneaton A	5
Group 10	Steven Battye	West Yorkshire	White Rose Magicians	2
	Paul Wilkins	Derbyshire	Long Eaton	8
	Jamie Fenech	Kent	Herne Bay B	7
Group 11	Adrian Gomm	Staffordshire	TT Baize	3
	Glen Mckay	Derbyshire	Dinnington	8
	Tom Kennedy	Surrey	Frames Reigate	7
Group 12	Daniel Hunt	Lancashire	Atherton & Wtn B	2
	Adrian Wood	Norfolk	South Norfolk	4
	Scott Shephard	London	S.L.K.P.A. 2	7
Group 13.	Les Creaven	Berkshire	Hammersmith & District C	7
	Colin Wilson	Nottinghamshire	Notts & District	8
	Roger Hunt	Warwickshire	Rugby Lions	5
Group 14	Spencer Jones	Norfolk	Yarmouth Dp Leis	4
	Malcolm Broadfield	Cheshire	Cheshire Seniors	2
	James Guy Swayland	Kent	Rochester	7
Group 15	Jamie Brooks	Hampshire	Mermaid A	7
	Chris Cook	Oxfordshire	Bicester	5
	Ady Bonsor	Cambridgeshire	Peterborough	4
Group 16	Michael Davies	Staffordshire	Afford Plaza	3
	Anthony Floyer	Northamptonshire	N.O.P.L.	5
	Scott Nelson	South Yorkshire	Players Rotherham	8
Group 17	Barry Hinde	Warwickshire	Coventry 1	5
	Tony Kay	Lancashire	Blackburn	2
	Ned Acton	Suffolk	Ipswich A	4
Group 18	Mark Paul Smith	Kent	Medway A	7
	Johnny Dean	Lancashire	B & D.P.L.	2
	Andrew Barker	Hertfordshire	St. Albans Saints	4
Group 19	Christopher Robert Pidgeon	Surrey	Reigate A	7
	Simon Rose	Nottinghamshire	Gainsborough	8
	Stuart Simmonds	Suffolk	Stowmarket	4
Group 20	John Stephen Webb	Sussex	Worthing	7
	Peter Mullaney	Norfolk	Norwich A	4
	Justin Wynne	Northamptonshire	Ncple Coopers JW	5
Group 21	Russell Moore	Cornwall	Alan Davis	6
	Alistair Ross	Nottinghamshire	Vale Of Belvoir	8
	David Haste	London	Battersea A	7
Group 22	Scott Taylor	Leicestershire	Midland Railway	8
	Kit Wong	Hertfordshire	St. Albans Sinners	4
	Robin Acheson	Devon	Torbay	6
Group 23	Lee Reynolds	Lancashire	Bury	2
	Stuart Mcpherson	Cambridgeshire	St Neots	4
	Nicholas William Booth	Surrey	Godalming A	7
Group 24	Nick Burton	Staffordshire	Leek A	3
	Ian Mckee	Hampshire	Alton P. P. L.	7
	Stuart Mcgill	Merseyside	Sefton & District Jj'S	2
Group 25	Shaun O'Sullivan	Cumbria	Kendal A	2
	Robert Harmston	Lincolnshire	Regency BHS	8
	Neil Saunders	West Midlands	Lye & Stourbridge	3
Group 26	James Hazelton	Essex	Clacton	4
	Andrew Franklin	Leicestershire	Hinckley United	8
	Kevin Myles	Sussex	Mid Sussex A	7
Group 27	Steve Peregrine	Cambridgeshire	Haverhill	4
	Allan Roberts	Sussex	C.O.B.H.P.L. B	7
	Chris Chapman	Oxfordshire	Witney	5
Group 28	James Hill	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham A	8
	Andrew Harrison	Cumbria	Solway West	2
	Daniel Carpenter	Hampshire	New Milton	7
Group 29	Dean Harding	Worcestershire	St Johns	3
	Paul Gafa	London	S.L.K.P.A.	7
	Mark Buck	West Yorkshire	Leeds	2
Group 30	Steve Williams	Shropshire	Central Cars	3
	Pat Kelley	Nottinghamshire	Sun Valley	8
	Conrad Richard John Gorham	Kent	Romney Marsh A	7
Group 31	Steven Pantony	Surrey	Croydon	7
	Gary Murphy	Oxfordshire	Witney Snooker 2	5
	Steve Mills	G.M.C.	Normans Elite	2
Group 32	Graham Bryan	Essex	Mr Pools	4
	Nigel David Smith	London	Waterloo	7
	Stephen Almond	Lancashire	Clitheroe	2
Group 33	Andrew Whyte	London	London City	7
	James Jamieson	Cambridgeshire	Ely	4
	Olwyn Blagbrough	Shropshire	Dawley B	3
Group 34	John Barry	Berkshire	Hammersmith & Districts A	7
	Bryan Duggan	Staffordshire	Leek	3
	Dale Parson	Cambridgeshire	Mickey Flynns	4
Group 35	Carolyn Bowkett	Leicestershire	Leicester Lions	8
	Lyn Davies	Worcestershire	Kiddy Snooks	3
	Martin Wheeler	Essex	Chelsmford M	4
Group 36	Les Oulton	Merseyside	Invitation League	2
	Melvin Archer	Staffordshire	Afford	3
	Keith Peck	Suffolk	Lowestoft Town	4
Group 37	Mark Hiatt	Lincolnshire	Regency I Boys	8
	Ian Davenport	Lancashire	Wigan A	2
	Clinton Johnston	Bedfordshire	Meltis Club	4
Group 38	Chris Wright	Norfolk	Norwich Tunmore	4
	Olwyn Blagbrough	Shropshire	Dawley A	3
	Garry Francis	Northamptonshire	Ncple Coopers GF	5
Group 39	Charlie Mitchell	Cheshire	Macclesfield	2
	Christopher Dilley	Bedfordshire	Biggleswade A	4
Group 40	Gary Willis	Lincolnshire	Sportsman Cuemakers	8
	Darren Sadler	Essex	Colchester	5
	Captain	county	team	reg